I finished my last Schumann last week. I was quite happy. I also finally decided to redo that Clara drawing, it was annoying me, I didn’t think it was as nice as the other Claras. To make sure I would not change my mind, I applied paint over it. No more choice then to redo it. I reworked the wood panel, for it to be ready to be drawn on this week. Tuesday morning, I was really happy to be early in my studio to work on this drawing. I figured I could start painting next week. But the panel fell on a little bench and it made a huge hole. Which makes it impossible to use now. I had to rework another panel, put on the glue coatings and the gesso coatings. Finally it is what I ended up doing all week. The surface will be ready on Monday. I will hence start this Clara next week. Let’s just say this was not my best week…

About Marie H. Sirois

MARIE H. SIROIS is a painter working on a colossal project, called The Schumann + Wieck Symphony, about German composer Robert Schumann and his wife, virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck. Exhibiting one visual movement every 4 years, this project will take her 16 years to make from beginning till end.

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"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist."

Robert Schumann

The Schumann + Wieck Symphony

Marie H. Sirois’ Schumann and Wieck’s Symphony, which allies painting and music, is a celebration of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck’s life and works and is an illustration of art’s richness and interactivity.

Notorious German composer, Robert Schumann and his wife, virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck, lived a complex and passionate love affair. Their relationship is the foundation for four series of paintings through which are represented, as a symphony in four movements, the transformation of the couple’s feelings with the important events that shaped their relationship.

Schumann’s music holds a crucial place in the project. Each visual movement is associated with and inspired by one of his musical scores. The night of the opening shows, Marie interprets these musical pieces on the piano.

The First Movement, Le Prélude, was introduced in November 2014. Marie is now working on the Second Movement, Concert sans orchestre.